1 hour ago Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline ahead of Trump's latest tariffs

Asian shares are mostly falling, shaken by jitters over what President Donald Trump will announce about tariffs on his “Liberation Day” later in the global day

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2 h. ago Twenty staffers charged after 100 abuse incidents at Philadelphia

‘This is just unacceptable behavior to happen anywhere, but particularly in a school setting,’ says district attorney

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3 h. ago Australia election 2025 live: Dutton’s gas plan has ‘reckless’ lack of detail, resources minister says

Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastForeign minister Penny Wong has told RN Breakfast says Labor is “realistic” on what outcomes the government could achieve on tariffs with the Trump administration.We’ll keep working hard for the best outcome, but I think all of us are realistic. As the prime minister made it clear yesterday, we are not willing to trade away the things that make Australia the best country in the world, like our healthcare system. We don’t want the Americanisation of our healthcare system. We won’t be weakening our biosecurity laws, and we won’t be trading away our PBS.He made a similar submission, and what happened to real wages over the last three years? Real wages have dropped in...

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3 h. ago War memorial will have names of soldiers who fought AGAINST Britain added to it alongside heroes

Council bosses are considering whether to add the names of five soldiers onto a war memorial - even though they fought against Britain and the Allies during the First World War.

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3 h. ago Full list of people and benefits eligible for free NHS prescriptions and services

The NHS offers free prescriptions under a wide umbrella of eligibility criteria

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4 h. ago Full list of people who can get free NHS prescriptions and services

The NHS offers extra medical help and support to those who suffer from specific conditions - and you could also be eligible for a range of free prescriptions or other services

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4 h. ago What would happen if Iran attacked the Chagos Islands... and why taking out US Stealth bombers would be the end of its notorious Revolutionary Guard, revealed by MARK NICOL

A threatened Iranian attack on British military facilities in the Chagos Islands would trigger a regional conflict, experts warn

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4 h. ago I loved being a principal, but Australia has grown complacent about the growing violence directed at educators | Andy Mison

School principals are resilient but, in an alarming number of cases, their job harms them. We would not tolerate these conditions in other workplacesI’ve been lucky. I’ve enjoyed a rewarding career in education, including almost 15 years as a principal in the Northern Territory and the ACT. I’ve worked with wonderful teachers and administrative staff, and shared in the successes of hundreds of young people and their families as they grow and graduate high school, going on to further study, employment and life adventures.I’ve also experienced verbal and physical abuse, aggression and violence from students and their carers, directed at me and my colleagues in the course of my work as a school leader. I once regarded these occasional events as part of the job, normal in our frontline occupation. I now think we have grown complacent about the levels of violence toward a predominantly female workforce that we would not tolerate in other workplaces. As the latest data from the Australian...

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5 h. ago Kemi Badenoch warns free speech is at risk in Britain as the Tory leader backs the US in row over silent protests outside abortion clinics

The Tory leader said Britain 'should not be persecuting people for expressing themselves' over abortion rights.

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5 h. ago Women make better spies than men despite being 'vain creatures' as male operatives are too 'conceited' and lack intuition, according to MI5 guide made public for first time

MI5 spymaster Charles Henry Maxwell Knight, codenamed 'M,' who was said to have been the inspiration for James Bond's boss, believed women made better spies.

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5 h. ago Cory Booker breaks record for longest speech by US senator as he condemns Trump policies for more than 24 hours – live

Democratic senator slams Trump administration’s various policies and beats the all-time US record held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours and 18 minutes)Cory Booker holds marathon Senate speech to warn of Trump’s ‘harmful’ policiesUS voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin and Florida in elections that some see as a test of Donald Trump’s popularity and the political clout of his billionaire ally Elon Musk.The most closely watched contest is a battle for a seat on Wisconsin’s seven-member supreme court. Conservatives are trying to flip ideological control of the court, which currently has a 4-3 liberal majority. The contest, which features liberal judge Susan Crawford facing off against conservative Brad Schimel, will have huge consequences in the state. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Urgent recall issued on popular big name chocolate bars over 'tiny stones safety risk'

The Dutch chocolate company announced that the warning was not an April Fools joke and that it was a ‘genuine product recall notice’ as some contained tiny stones

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5 h. ago Met Office issues amber wildfire warning for most of Scotland due to warm weather

An amber wildfire warning has been issued by the Met Office for most of the UK on Tuesday, as dry and warm weather in recent weeks has increased the risk of blazes

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5 h. ago Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech with Trump condemnation

In speech that began Monday night, Democratic senator warns of ‘grave and urgent’ danger of Trump administrationUS politics – latest updatesCory Booker, the Democratic US senator from New Jersey, has broken the record for longest speech ever by a lone senator – beating the record first established by Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.Booker’s speech, which began at 7pm on Monday night, was not a filibuster but instead an effort to warn of what he called the “grave and urgent” danger that Donald Trump’s presidential administration poses to democracy and the American people. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Six in 10 people unhappy with NHS, poll reveals amid ‘startling collapse’ in public satisfaction with health service

Nearly one in 10 people feel they have been harmed by the health service in recent years, a new poll suggests

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5 h. ago Public satisfaction with the NHS has 'collapsed' to a record low amid long waits for care and wasteful spending, 'gold

Britons blame their frustrations on long waits for a GP, dentist and hospital bed, a shortage of frontline staff and bureaucrat's wasteful spending.

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5 h. ago Trump’s tariffs put 25,000 UK automotive jobs at risk, think tank warns

The US president’s policy is set to be confirmed on Wednesday.

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5 h. ago NHS satisfaction lowest on record as Wes Streeting vows to make it ‘envy of the world again’

British Social Attitudes survey shows a "startling collapse" in public satisfaction with the NHS with only one in five now satisfied with the state of the health service

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5 h. ago BRIDGET PHILLIPSON: 'Nursery expansion is start of early years revolution'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson writes for the Mirror about the government's childcare expansion - as she marks the start of 'a revolution in early years education'

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5 h. ago Westminster decisions ‘risk serious social and economic damage’, says Robison

The Finance Secretary said the Scottish Government would push UK ministers to ‘change course’.

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